browser privacy

Microsoft announced on May 13, 2026, that Copilot in the Edge browser can now analyze information across all open tabs on desktop and mobile, while adding study tools, AI-generated podcasts, writing assistance, browsing-history context, long-term memory, and a redesigned Copilot-centered new tab...

Microsoft announced on May 13, 2026, that Edge is retiring last year’s Copilot Mode and replacing it with separate AI features that can, with user permission, reason across open tabs, use browsing history and past chats, and extend Copilot tools to desktop and mobile. That is not a retreat from...

Microsoft announced on May 13, 2026, that Edge will let Copilot reason across a user’s open tabs on desktop and mobile, while adding study tools, AI-generated audio summaries, browsing-history personalization, long-term memory, and a redesigned new tab page. The practical result is that Edge is...

Microsoft announced on May 13, 2026, that it is retiring Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge while moving many of its AI browsing features directly into Edge on desktop and mobile. The important part is not that Microsoft is backing away from AI in the browser. It is doing the opposite: removing the...

Microsoft’s week of Windows and Xbox news, ending May 10, 2026, centered on a blunt performance experiment in Windows 11, a retreat from Copilot on Xbox, new Insider builds, browser privacy arguments, and another reminder that Windows 10’s long tail is still shaping Microsoft’s choices. The...

Microsoft Edge is reportedly decrypting saved passwords at browser startup and keeping them in plaintext process memory during the session, a behavior publicized on May 4, 2026, by security researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning and subsequently confirmed as expected behavior by Microsoft...

Firefox’s latest AI-controls push lands at a moment when the browser wars have drifted into a very different kind of turf battle: not just over speed, privacy, or compatibility, but over who gets to decide whether AI is present at all. Mozilla is using Firefox 148 to argue that users should have...

Microsoft is once again testing the limits of how far it can push Edge on Windows 11 users before the backlash becomes the story. A new preview behavior in the browser can make Edge launch automatically at sign-in, and the reaction has been predictably fierce, including from people who already...

Mozilla will let you flip a single switch and remove generative AI from your browsing experience: starting with Firefox 148, due to roll out on February 24, 2026, a new “AI controls” section puts a master “Block AI enhancements” toggle alongside per-feature switches so users can either opt into...

Just weeks after multiple security firms began sounding the alarm, research and reporting now show that seemingly benign Chrome extensions have been weaponized to intercept and exfiltrate credentials, session cookies and full conversation contents — a supply‑chain style attack that has exposed...

Firefox Focus remains a mobile-first privacy browser — there is no official native Windows or macOS desktop build — but yes, you can run it on a PC by way of an Android emulator; that approach works, it’s widely used, and it carries a set of practical trade‑offs you should understand before you...

A widely trusted class of browser add-ons—free VPNs, ad blockers and “browser guard” tools—has quietly been turned into a mass data‑collection pipeline, capturing full AI chat transcripts from millions of users and funneling the results to analytics backends operated by the extension publisher...

A sharp, peer‑reviewed study and a string of security disclosures have exposed a worrying truth about the new generation of AI‑assisted web browsers: many of them collect and transmit highly sensitive browsing data — sometimes without clear consent — and the features that make these tools useful...

Windows 11’s browser landscape is wider than most users realize: beyond Edge and Chrome there are several focused, fully capable alternatives that trade mass-market polish for advanced customization, stronger privacy defaults, or lightweight performance that suits older machines. A recent...

Computer Active’s end-of-year roundup, “Best new software for 2026,” is a timely, tightly focused primer on the freshest Windows-focused apps worth installing as the platform shifts into a post–Windows 10 world; its cover feature highlights privacy-first browsers, AI‑augmented productivity tools...

Samsung’s push to bring its mobile-first browser to Windows has arrived as a beta, promising Galaxy‑grade AI helpers and cross‑device continuity — but early builds show the app is still an unfinished slab of potential rather than a ready Chrome or Edge replacement. The company launched Samsung...

Samsung’s long-running mobile browser has finally stepped onto Windows desktops in an officially staged beta, bringing cross-device sync, Galaxy AI helpers, and Samsung Pass credential continuity to Windows 11 and Windows 10 PCs in a move that reframes the browser as a centerpiece of Samsung’s...

Microsoft is quietly re-routing the venerable F1 help shortcut in Microsoft Edge so it summons Copilot in the sidebar during testing — a small change with outsized implications for usability, privacy, and enterprise control that every Windows user and IT pro should notice now. Background /...

I decided to go completely incognito on Windows 11 — and in doing so I turned a default "cloud-first" PC into a device that shares almost nothing it doesn't have to, trades convenience for control, and forces a handful of practical new habits that significantly reduce the surface attackers and...

Samsung’s long‑running mobile browser has finally stepped onto the desktop stage in an official capacity: the company launched a beta of Samsung Internet for PC on October 30, 2025, making a Chromium‑based Windows client available to testers in the United States and South Korea as the first wave...